We are all convention; convention carries us away, and we neglect the substance of things. . . . We dare not call our parts by their right names, but are not afraid to use them for every sort of debauchery. Essays
I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness. The Karamazov Brothers
My life appeared to me as unnatural, uncertain and incredible as the design on the pencase I am using at this moment. It seems that a painter who has been possessed, perhaps a perfectionist, has painted the cover of this pencase. Often, when I look at this design, it seems familiar; perhaps it is because of this design that I write or perhaps this design makes me write. The Blind Owl
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Oliver Twist
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